"If lawmakers really were sincere about changing the way petition signatures are gathered, they would apply it to themselves, Doris Marie Provine of the Arizona Advocacy Network told lawmakers earlier in the week."

"Edman said if lobbyists aren't required to be transparent about their clients and activity, there's no way for voters to know who is affecting decisions at City Hall. He said the city needs an enforcement mechanism so the ordinance is taken seriously."

“If we want a truly representative democracy then every eligible voter needs to be able to vote, and they need to have the right information. They need to vote informed and they need to have access to the polls."

"There’s this fear that if we make elections easier, there will be bigger problems, there will be more fraud. It’s so much easier to pay your bills than in the 1980s and in many ways it's more secure — technology can actually help us be way more secure.”

"There are many different people to blame for the problems we saw," Samantha Pstross, executive director of the Arizona Advocacy Network, said at the meeting. "But we believe that if there's at least some oversight, then it will drastically reduce voter suppression in Arizona."